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' GLOVE FASTENING;

,659. Patnted July 19,1881.

* v I ,liwezziorx UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS B. PINGS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,659, dated July 19, 1881.

Application filed April 28, 1 881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JULIUS B. PINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at NewrYork, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of my invention is a fastening device consisting of a neck or base adapted to be eyeleted or riveted to the glove and an elevated head having a plurality ot'transverse bars adapted to receive a cord or braid, by which the glove may be drawn together at the wrist and to lock said cord or braid in any position to which "it may be drawn.

The invention further consists in the combination of such fastening device with a cord or braid, and with hooks or studs, in the use of which cord and hooks or studs my improved fastening affords especial facility and convenience, as hereinafter described.

In order that theinvention may be fully understood, I proceed to describe it, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of the improved glove. Fig. 2 is a section of the fastening on a larger scale on the line 2 2, Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the preferred form of buckle or fastener detached. y

A represents a glove of kid or any other leather, or of cloth or other material.

B B are two rows of studs or hooks, preferabl y the latter, arranged on opposite sides of the longitudinal wrist-opening D, said hooks being alternately arranged-that is to say, with the books on oneside opposite the spaces between the hooks on the other side.

0 is a cord or braid attached to the lowermost of the hooks and laced over them alternately in a zigzag form, as shown in Fig. 1, the extremity of said cord being preferably provided with a knob or tassel, E, which may be made ornamental.

The fastening F, to which my invention particularly relates, is showndetached in Fig. 3. It is constructed with a base or neck, f adapted to be secured by eyeletin g or riveting at the wrist of the glove on one side of the opening D, and with an elevated head having two transverse bars, f f, for the reception and locking of thecord or braid O, which is retained therein by its knob or tassel E and passes around the upper bar, f, and down beneath the lower bar, f, as illustrated, so that when the fastening is drawn away from the wrist inthe act of tightening the braid or cord said.braid or cord will be permitted to slip through the fastening, but on being released the pressure will cause the fastening to tightly gripe the cord and prevent its reverse movement or slackenmg. I

Aglove fastened after this manner dispenses entirely with the use of buttons and buttonholes or even with any loop foroatching over a button or hook, as in the case of other gloves made with lacing-hooks and cords.

I t it be desired to loosen the glove it is only necessary to slightly raise the free end of the fastening from the wrist and permit the cord to slip out. It can then be detached fromas'many of the hooks as necessary so as to be perfectly loosened, and again, when the glove is to be retightened the cord is readily laced over all the hooks and a simple pull on its end draws it tight, in which condition it is automatically secured. All this is performed with the greatest ease and convenience, and with equal facility while the other hand is gloved, no use of the finger or thumb nail being required.

, Having thus described my invention, the followingis whatIclaim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The fastening device consisting of a neck or base for eyeletin g or riveting it to the glove and head F, with a plurality of transverse bars ff, to retain the cord or braid, all substantially as shown and described.

2. The'fastening device consisting of an attachin g neck or base for eyeleting or riveting it 'to the glove, and a head-having parallel bars ff, in combination with the cord 0 and hooks or studs BB, as and for the purposes set forth.

J ULIU S B. PINGS.

Witnesses OGTAVIUS KNIGHT, Louis LEHMAN. 

